Company Chicken Pasta Salad

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 cups conchiglie (small seashell pasta shapes)
• 3 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken breasts, poached
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced dried apricot
• 1/2 cup sultana raisin
• salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/3 cup mayonnaise (use a good quality such as hellmans, or do as i do and make your own)
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup cashews, toasted and chopped

Recipe

• 1 cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente (about 8 to 10 minutes); drain
• 2 run under cool water to chill and drain again
• 3 in a medium bowl, combine the chicken, celery, apricots, raisins, cooked pasta, salt and pepper, mixing well
• 4 in another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, curry powder, cumin, coriander, rice vinegar and sugar; whisking ingredients together
• 5 toss this dressing with the chicken mixture
• 6 cover bowl and chill for at least 2 hours before serving
• 7 serve on chilled plates, sprinkling with the toasted cashews